The Tyranny Of The Ignoramuses

All These Primary Impulses, Not Easily Described In Words, Are The Springs Of Man's Actions.

In Their Struggle For The Ethical Good, Teachers Of Religion Must Have The Stature To Give Up The Doctrine Of A Personal God, That Is, Give Up That Source Of Fear And Hope Which In The Past Placed Such Vast Power In The Hands Of Priests. In Their Labors They Will Have To Avail Themselves Of Those Forces Which Are Capable Of Cultivating The Good, The True, And The Beautiful In Humanity Itself. This Is, To Be Sure, A More Difficult But An Incomparably More Worthy Task.

The Value Of A Man Should Be Seen In What He Gives And Not In What He Is Able To Receive.

I Prefer An Attitude Of Humility Corresponding To The Weakness Of Our Intellectual Understanding Of Nature And Of Our Own Being.

If I Were Not A Jew I Would Be A Quaker.